Dhansak Recipes

Karachi's Parsi community treasure — slow-cooked lamb with five lentils, pumpkin, and fenugreek in a sweet-sour-spicy broth. Served with caramelised brown rice. One of Karachi's rarest, most complex dishes.

Karachi's Parsi community treasure — slow-cooked lamb with five lentils, pumpkin, and fenugreek in a sweet-sour-spicy broth. Served with caramelised brown rice. One of Karachi's rarest, most complex dishes.

Karachi Parsi Dhansak

Karachi Parsi Dhansak

Sindh (Karachi — Parsi/Zoroastrian community)

Karachi's Parsi dish of slow-cooked lamb with 3-4 lentils, pumpkin, fenugreek, and brinjal in a sweet-sour-spicy broth. Traditionally served with caramelised Parsi brown rice and kachumber salad. Cultural note: Dhansak is Parsi mourning food — served on the fourth day after a death. It is not made at weddings or celebrations.

2h 10m hard

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